Optiver is looking to develop, refine, and implement algorithmic trading strategies to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency, and stabilizing the market.
Requirements
- Solid foundation in mathematics, probability, and statistics
- Excellent research, analytical, and modeling skills
- Independent research experience
- Proficiency in any programming language
- Experience in machine learning, with practical applications in time-series analysis and pattern recognition
Responsibilities
- Develop, refine and implement algorithmic trading strategies
- Construct complex models to predict market movements
- Using statistical models and machine learning to develop trading algorithms
- Leveraging big data technologies to analyze high-frequency trading strategies, market microstructure and financial instruments to identify trading opportunities
- Building stochastic models to determine the fair value of financial derivatives
- Combining quantitative analysis and high-performance implementation to ensure the efficiency and accuracy of pricing engines and libraries
Other
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, or a related STEM field, with outstanding academic achievements
- Expected graduation date by mid-2026 and available to start full-time employment upon graduation
- Strong interest in working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Fluent in English with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Optiver is supportive of US immigration sponsorship for this role.
- We accept one application per role per year. If you have previously applied to this position during this season and have been unsuccessful, you can reapply once the next recruitment season begins in 2026.
